Polyphemus
See also: polyphemus
Translingual
Wikispecies
Proper noun
Polyphemus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae.
English
Polyphemus being blinded by Odysseus.
Etymology
From Latin Polyphēmus, from Ancient Greek Πολύφημος (Polúphēmos), from πολύ (polú) + φήμη (phḗmē) + -ος (-os), literally “many-voiced”, “much spoken of”, or “abounding in songs and legends”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpɒlɨˈfiːməs/
Proper noun
Polyphemus
- (Greek mythology) A cyclops in Homer's Odyssey.
Latin
Alternative forms
- Polyphēmos (Greek-type)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πολύφημος (Polúphēmos), from πολύ (polú) + φήμη (phḗmē) + -ος (-os), literally “many-voiced”, “much spoken of”, or “abounding in songs and legends”.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /po.lyˈpʰeː.mus/, [pɔlʲʏˈpʰeːmʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.liˈfe.mus/, [poliˈfɛːmus]
Proper noun
Polyphēmus m sg (genitive Polyphēmī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops in Sicily, son of Neptune, who was blinded by Ulysses in Homer's Odyssey
- (Greek mythology) One of the Argonauts
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Polyphemus or Polyphemos
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Polyphēmus |
| Genitive | Polyphēmī |
| Dative | Polyphēmō |
| Accusative | Polyphēmum |
| Ablative | Polyphēmō |
| Vocative | Polyphēme |
Descendants
- → English: Polyphemus
- → French: Polyphème
- → Italian: Polifemo
- → Sicilian: Pulifemu
Further reading
- “Polyphemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Polyphemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1197
- Polyphemus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1764